CUSTOM NEON® SHOWCASE
CHARITY FUNDRAISING
Custom Neon proudly supports a variety of charities with both financial and in-kind donations. In addition to monthly donations to our chosen charities, we also work with other charitable organizations, providing bespoke LED neon signs and artwork to help their fundraising efforts.
Interior design firm The Rath Project reached out to ask if we'd like to donate a customized LED neon sign for the space she was curating for the Housing Works Design on a Dime annual fundraising event. Design on a Dime invites the nation's top interior designers to curate stunning vignettes filled with home décor, furniture, art, and homewares. All the money raised is donated to Housing Works, funding healthcare and housing for New Yorkers living with HIV. The 2022 event was a massive success, raising over $1,000,000!
Project ScopeCreation of Custom LED Neon Sign
Quantity1 Sign
Size Range3' 7" - 3' / 109cm x 91cm
Tube Width9mm LED Flex, White, Cut Around Backboard
Thank you for your donation to Housing Works' Design on a Dime! We are truly grateful for your support of our fundraising event, which was a tremendous success.
What we made for The Rath Project X Housing Works Design on a Dime:
The Rath Project exhibited at the event for the first time in 2022, after being long-time patrons and lovers of the mission. For their exhibit, they created a Willy Wonka and Don Draper inspired dining room area. The piece de resistance was a Custom Neon sign to finish the room. The Willy Wonka quote 'everything from this room is edible…' is lit up in our striking white shade and Freehand font type. It adorns a simple navy-blue wall for a stunning impactful effect.
"The wording of the sign was intended to feel playful and act as a nod to our vignette's narrative and characters that inspired it" - Morgan Firestone - The Rath Project
Much inspiration also comes from Diane Rath's childhood, having grown up with a mother who owned her own candy store, much like Willy Wonka. Morgan told us, "In addition to our imagining of this world, our vignette serves as an homage to Diane's own past and her late mother; Diane literally grew up in a candy shop with a Mom just as wonky as Willy, and now she enjoys a good martini as much as Don."
Knowing this gives the space deeper meaning, making the decor pieces more evocative and unique. It is a truly inspired space, and Custom Neon is proud to have been a part of it.
Huge thank you again Custom Neon for your generosity - the sign was a HUGE hit - it was one of the very first things to go, people were gathering all around our vignette waiting for shopping to start so they could snag it!!